Cookeze, the Lancashire‐based event catering business that specialised in ‘artisan patisserie’ and was partly owned by chef Nigel Smith, has fallen into administration with a loss of 72 jobs.
We take a look through the Government guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) to see how it works, who’s eligible, and how you make a claim.
Wholesalers and other food bodies have joined forces to prevent produce such as meat, milk, cheese, and fruit from going to landfill as a result of the hospitality sector lockdown during the Coronavirus crisis.
Almost 70% of mobile catering, festival and street food traders believe their businesses will close permanently as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the trade body that represents the sector.
The UK’s largest hospitality jobs board has listed 26,000 jobs related to the UK’s Coronavirus crisis response to help an estimated 500,000 displaced hospitality workers find short term jobs.
A number of major restaurant chains including Leon, Tortilla and Dishoom are joining forces to help feed NHS staff working on the front line of the Coronavirus crisis.
UK landlords are threatening legal action against hospitality operators after many withheld rent to preserve cash during the lockdown, the Financial Times reports.
Restaurant brands including Pizza Hut, German Doner Kebab, Itsu and Lewis Hamilton’s plant-based Neat Burger are working with Deliveroo to serve free meals to NHS staff across the UK.
In our fist United We Stand podcast, we talk to Brighton and Hove restaurateur David Toscano about the challenges of keeping an independent restaurant brand alive through the Coronavirus crisis.
Many operators have wrestled with the implications of asking staff to continue working during the Coronavirus crisis, but there are ways you can support them and try to keep them safe.
Chiquito looks set to be one of the first big restaurant groups to collapse amid the coronavirus shutdown after its owner filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
Self-employed people will be able to claim a grant of up to £2,500 a month to help cope with the financial impact of coronavirus, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
The Government has introduced a £350bn financial package to help businesses navigate the Coronavirus crisis. But how does it work, and what does it mean for the hospitality sector?
The Government’s financial package made for a nice headline, but the reality is that much more support is needed if the hospitality sector is to survive the Coronavirus crisis.
The Government recently introduced a loan facility and grant scheme to help the hospitality sector. Phil Brown, head of travel and leisure at NatWest, looks at some of the details
Too much time is being spent looking at the detail of the Government’s Job Retention Scheme when what the industry should be doing, as a matter of urgency, is getting everyone on furlough.
Have you got a question about your on-trade business that you can’t find an answer for even though you’ve searched online and listened to Boris’s daily updates? Our United We Stand campaign is here to help
Restaurants that continue to operate as dark kitchens for delivery could play a ‘vital role’ in alleviating the burden currently placed on supermarkets to meet food supply demands.
With most of the hospitality sector now on lockdown, UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls assesses the Government's response to the Coronavirus crisis so far
Pubs will still be able to offer food and drinks (including alcohol, subject to licensing conditions) delivery and takeaways while closed to the public, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has confirmed to The Morning Advertiser.
Healthy fast food chain Leon will continue to keep its sites open to customers where NHS teams and other essential workers still rely on its services, it has said.
